# Dev Q&A (Get Your Questions In!) Thursday **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [October 9, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331 "2017-10-09T02:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/182 "2017-10-11T18:18:08Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > Is there a set number of kingdoms that you plan on releasing, or is the plan to just keep cranking them out over time for the foreseeable future? ![pep yea](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/9/7/97a6146e48edd8f1f061cd8b42a47640ebd82bb1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Delinquent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Delinquent](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Delinquent)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/183 "2017-10-11T18:42:01Z")
I assumed this was part of the first nerfing/buffing troops question she listed? ---
**Author:** ![Ashasekayi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ashasekayi/32/61090_2.png) [@Ashasekayi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ashasekayi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/184 "2017-10-11T18:47:49Z")
> [@Delinquent](#): > > I assumed this was part of the first nerfing/buffing troops question she listed? I assumed Darkness was mostly talking about the problems with the gem spawning/clusters issue. ---
**Author:** ![Darkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkness/32/2712_2.png) [@Darkness](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkness)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/185 "2017-10-11T18:49:20Z")
No, my question was about the recent increased tendency to introduce RNG driven mechanics, instead of strategy driven mechanics, like for example buffing Troll gem spawning, introducing Doomclaw (2 x 20% chance for devour), Wisps’s scramble the board, etc… Basically everything that has made RNG luck more important for winning games in recent months… I want to know if that is the gameplay design path that they are choosing going forward, or if strategical decision mechanics will get a revival. 'cause if luck (RNG) mechanics have become the standard for new releases, then I’ll know it’s time to move on. Yet if this is a temporary phase and things are already in the development pipeline to revert to a more strategy driven gameplay experience I’ll know the game will be more to my liking in the future… ---
**Author:** ![Darkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkness/32/2712_2.png) [@Darkness](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkness)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/186 "2017-10-11T18:49:45Z")
> [@Ashasekayi](#): > > > [@Delinquent](#): > > > > I assumed this was part of the first nerfing/buffing troops question she listed? > > I assumed Darkness was mostly talking about the problems with the gem spawning/clusters issue. Mostly that, yes… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Delinquent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Delinquent](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Delinquent)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/187 "2017-10-11T19:03:53Z")
Ahh, I think you should’ve made that clearer then. I see the RNG issues as directly related to troop design/balancing issues. I don’t think anything has changed with spawning/clusters so that’s struck me as a symptom of other issues. ---
**Author:** ![Hoop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hoop/32/34118_2.png) [@Hoop](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Hoop)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/188 "2017-10-11T19:19:40Z")
I guess my question about the spawned globs of gems and how they trigger traits will be answered ---
**Author:** ![Darkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/darkness/32/2712_2.png) [@Darkness](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Darkness)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/189 "2017-10-11T20:11:21Z")
Maybe… 🙂 I guess I should’ve just phrased it like this: **Are you currently intentionally releasing troops and mechanics focussed on luck in contrast to the previous situation where strategy was more important to gameplay? And if so, are you currently reviewing that approach and considering focussing on strategy over luck again?** That might have been clearer in hindsight… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Vangor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/vangor/32/31404_2.png) [@Vangor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vangor)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/190 "2017-10-11T20:12:37Z")
@Darkness did you miss my question? > [@Vangor](#): > > Are your 25%/75% numbers hyperbolic? ---
**Author:** ![Esoxnepa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/esoxnepa/32/1837_2.png) [@Esoxnepa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Esoxnepa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/191 "2017-10-11T23:49:16Z")
Thanks for doing the twitch. So with Twitch, is there a local copy of the video that won’t have all the drops? It was really tough to hear some answers. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/192 "2017-10-11T23:52:30Z")
> **[Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/infinityplustwo/videos/all)** > > Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers. There aren’t five videos because Australian internet is awful… (There are.) ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/193 "2017-10-11T23:52:58Z")
Salty was recording even when the stream dropped out and will be putting a video together without the drop outs. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/194 "2017-10-12T00:04:55Z")
![GW1-Defense](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/a/6/a6696a740b191b3d9bac8e0ac0ab1cb3bb1a0653.jpg) Here is the image that we popped up in the stream. Woo! ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/195 "2017-10-12T00:32:04Z")
> [@Saltypatra](#): > > In GWs, when are we going to see the troop bonus for defense teams for the best 27 players? The part about the 27 players was cut… “Blablabla is not coming” and the video ends here… And I didn’t catch the “when”. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/196 "2017-10-12T00:39:29Z")
We don’t have an official date for when the 27 players change is coming. It won’t be in the next update. ---
**Author:** ![turintuor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/turintuor/32/4097_2.png) [@turintuor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/turintuor)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/197 "2017-10-12T00:44:05Z")
But the GW defense rework will be in the next update? If so, when the next update is coming? And did I miss the “Dawnbringer in Arena” question? ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/198 "2017-10-12T01:59:31Z")
> [@turintuor](#): > > If so, when the next update is coming? Soon.TM (😛) ---
**Author:** ![Arelana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/arelana/32/16081_2.png) [@Arelana](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Arelana)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/199 "2017-10-12T02:49:09Z")
> [@turintuor](#): > > And did I miss the “Dawnbringer in Arena” question? I didn’t catch the stream so if someone could fill in this blank that would be great. ---
**Author:** ![Ashasekayi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ashasekayi/32/61090_2.png) [@Ashasekayi](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ashasekayi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/200 "2017-10-12T04:02:22Z")
> [@Arelana](#): > > > [@turintuor](#): > > > > And did I miss the “Dawnbringer in Arena” question? > > I didn’t catch the stream so if someone could fill in this blank that would be great. They acknowledged that some weapons are balanced for PVP not Arena and that they will be revamping Arena in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Delinquent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Delinquent](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Delinquent)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331/201 "2017-10-12T04:03:45Z")
They also said they may disallow certain weapons on defense, though I think they said this may be a short-term measure. [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331.md?page=9) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/dev-q-a-get-your-questions-in-thursday/31331.md?page=11)